2023/04/24

88. The New Testament within the New Testament, Part 2

In the previous article, "Part 1," we summarised the context of chapters 1 to 10 of the Book of Revelation. This time, we will cover the following chapters, chapters 11 to 12. The author prophesied again about the Acts of the Apostles and Paul's epistles, which he had already prophesied about, prompted by the voice from heaven (cf. blog № 17). Here, the fact that these books, as books of revelation, were also raised to heaven was testified just as the Book of Revelation, described at the beginning as being "the revelation of Jesus Christ" (Revelation 1:1), and the Gospels, depicted as four living creatures "round the throne, on each side of the throne" (Revelation 4:6), were both placed in heaven as books of revelation. As a result, all the books of the New Testament, including the Catholic Epistles, whose existence was prophesied in the Book of Revelation (cf. blog № 87), were raised to heaven, confirming the prophecy of the revelation of Jesus Christ. The fact that in later times, these books were established as the canon of the New Testament according to this prophecy shows that the revelation of Jesus Christ was completed within the New Testament. 

Hence, the contents of the ark, described as "Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple" (Revelation 11:19), are the New Covenant. From this, we can see that the sign that appeared next in heaven in the form of a woman "clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars" (Revelation 12:1) signifies the priesthood that arose along with the body of Christ and the blood of the new covenant, which Jesus instituted at the last supper. It originates from the account in the Gospel of John, where the Apostle takes in the mother of Jesus (cf. blog № 18). There, on the other hand, we also read that the woman "cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery" (Revelation 12:2). For on earth, this woman represents the figure of the priesthood that conceived the Word by which bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ by the Holy Spirit. This figure is projected onto the Apostles and their successors who, amid persecution, perform the event of the last supper "in remembrance of me" (Luke 22:19), just as Jesus commanded them. 

Then another sign of a great red dragon appears in heaven. It represents the image that the information arising from the relationships among those who try to remain in the worldview that can be said to be the old covenant, becomes knowledge and reigns. That knowledge originated from the relationship between Adam and Eve and has engulfed the world since then. Its heads with diadems and horns testify to the immensity of that knowledge (cf. blog № 42-45). The old "human knowledge" is about to devour the "divine knowledge" of the Eucharist, which continues the covenant of salvation made by the blood of Christ and makes the presence of God among the people visible. The Apostles gave birth to the Eucharist by the Holy Spirit. The Eucharistic knowledge hidden in the New Testament was raised to the heavenly throne because it was a revelation. On the other hand, the knowledge of the priesthood of the new people, which gives birth to the Eucharist, is hidden in the Apostles' unconscious realm (cf. blog № 21), where it is nurtured and matured. 

The above things cause a battle within the inner recesses of those who know Jesus. The worldview of the old covenant now became identified by the worldview of the new covenant, namely the worldview of Jesus Christ. That is because the "enmity that God placed" (cf. blog № 23) in the memory of the people in Genesis becomes fully effective when people have the worldview of Jesus Christ (cf. blog № 22).

Maria K. M.